I'm one of the few Seattle natives running around this city. I was born on Capitol Hill, and no matter how many other cities I visit, I couldn't imagine calling another place home. Seattle can drive me a little crazy sometimes (too much rain, too much traffic, too hipster), but it's the most beautiful place on Earth.

I'm proud that I have my stuff together, for the most part: good career, my own place, good health, etc. I don't need to date someone that has their entire life figured out, but I'm happy to be stable and have a trajectory for the next few years. That's something I'm attracted to in other people, so I try to apply it to myself. Life is too short to meander through aimlessly.

I graduated from law school in May and started as an associate at a large firm in downtown Seattle. I'm a member of my firm's Trademark & Copyright group, which means I spend my time working with brand names, slogans, creative works, and pretty much anything tangential to brand protection, advertising, and consumer matters. I love what I do, and feel incredibly lucky to have found my niche.

I work constantly, but when I carve out some free time I'm usually catching a movie (I went to film school before undergrad), getting outside or into the mountains, or taking a weekend trip (Portland and Vancouver are my favorites).

My life is pretty focused on getting my career established, but I've been warned that law firms can make people wake up one day, realize they're 40, single, and childless, and wonder why they gave their youth away to their clients. So I'm trying to-preempt that. And when I say I work all the time, that's not synonymous with making the person I'm dating a low priority.

The large face tattoo around my left eye, a la Mike Tyson.

(Actually, I usually get hair or eyes. And I'm told pretty frequently that I'm a good dresser. I'll take any of those three.)

My film tastes tend to be a little geeky, which is a byproduct of film school. I'm a huge fan of Hitchcock, Truffaut, Polanski, and Woody Allen. My favorite movies are Vertigo, Chinatown, L'Atalante, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Wild Strawberries, Bringing Up Baby, and Paradise Lost... just to name a few.

And I'm all over the place with music. Miles Davis's "Bitches Brew" is in my car CD player right now, but my workout mix includes Metallica, Kesha (excuse me: Ke$ha), the Biebs, Maroon 5, and Glitch Mob. Don't judge me (please).

My favorite authors are usually American writers active between 1850 and 1925... people like Melville, Hawthorne, Twain, and Wharton.

1. Netflix (see film school, above)
2. Coffee (no one wants to see me uncaffeinated--no one)
3. The gym/running/sports (if I don't exercise, I go crazy)
4. My J. Crew card (when the sales clerks know your name, you've got a problem)
5. My car (I love to escape the city sometimes on the spur of the moment)
6. See #2.

That I have an OK Cupid profile.